Our societies generate increasing volumes of organic wastes. Considering that we also
need alternatives to oil, an opportunity exists to extract liquid fuels or even industrial solvents …

Food safety is a global health and socioeconomic concern since many people still suffer
from various acute and life-long diseases, which are caused by consumption of unsafe food …

Platform chemicals composed of 2–6 carbons derived from fossil resources are used as
important precursors for making a variety of chemicals and materials, including solvents …

Multifunctional reactor microbiomes can elongate short-chain carboxylic acids (SCCAs) to
medium-chain carboxylic acids (MCCAs), such as n-caproic acid. However, it is unclear …

Acidogenic and aciduric bacteria have developed several survival systems in various acidic
environments to prevent cell damage due to acid stress such as that on the human gastric …

Technological solutions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from anthropogenic
sources are required. Heavy industrial processes, such as steel making, contribute …

Butyric acid is an important C4 organic acid with broad applications. It is currently produced
by chemosynthesis from petroleum-based feedstocks. However, the fermentative production …

This review article presents a comprehensive literature survey over the last two decades on
the evaluation of production processes of succinic acid (SA) to further direct the research …

In this paper, the different applications of butyric acid and its current and future production
status are highlighted, with a particular emphasis on the biofuels industry. As such, this …

Several issues of butyric acid production with bacteria through fermentation are presented in
this review. The current progress including the utilization of butyric acid, the production …